Wait until all of that "Euro-Stucco" (1/4 " skim coat of plasticized stucco over 1 1/2"coffee cup Styro-Foam insulation) gets invaded by moisture if the vapor barriers and caulking seals fail ! (These are right on the windswept water front) !

Black mold grows and particle board sheathing rot occurs !

This stuff was not meant to be used in temperate zones like NYC but drier climes i.e. Arizona and such !

I hope I'm mistaken and (for the sake of the "proud' owners) that these are built of solid masonry....like the old proverbial brick shit house (that's what they look like anyway just more "deluxe") !

"The nicest looking houses in the AMNY slideshow result in racially prejudiced comments from the Queens Crap blog crowd. I guess all of your families were on the Mayflower."

No, my grandparents came from Eastern Europe and lived under the railroad tracks. The only people that had rugs in their alley was the one black family on the block.

That being said, class and taste has nothing to do with background, but well, class. And just because you are an immigrant today, as the WASPs of 60 years ago discoverd, does not make you immune to criticisms of taste (despite your proctection from the politicians)

"The nicest looking houses in the AMNY slideshow result in racially prejudiced comments from the Queens Crap blog crowd. I guess all of your families were on the Mayflower."

word! i can't believe the elistists on these boards. and the comments about the structural integrity of the homes? who do you think builds this city? greeks, italians & other immigrants in construction. you may not like it... but they know how to build it to last. and i'd love to have a look at the homes of all those who are knocking the "goomba" houses.

If these homes made use of real, genuine architectural elements, I could grant them more validity. But that'll never be the day, when it comes to developers in Queens & some councilmembers who kiss up.

You've got to be kidding me...get rich quick? I live in Whitestone, actually around the corner from those houses pictured and my father worked his @$$ off for my entire life to give my brother and I the life we have and the home we live in, so there was no getting rich quick. Furthermore, my fiancee is a landscaper, and if you think working 15 hours days 7 days a week qualifies as getting rich quick, you are sadly, sadly mistaken. In fact, most people I know who live in Whitestone, work harder than any of you yuppies ever could dream of

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